michael page. after shooting one police officer multiple times -- >> shots fired, shots fired. >> page was shot and killed by another officer. number eight, the massacre in kandahar province. >> the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. >> the accused gunman, army staff sergeant robert bales. military officiales say he left his afghanistan outpost on a night back in march and single-handedly attacked two villages. opening fire and killing 16 afghan civilians in their homes and wounding six others. number seven, striking a deal in the shooting that struck a blow to the nation. >> the man who shot gabrielle giffords and killed six people in a rampage in tucson last year pleaded guilty to 19 charges. >> jared loughner sentenced to seven consecutive life terms and 140 years. his guilty plea means he will avoid the death penalty. chicago's murder rate surged this year to levels not seen in almost a decade. by december, close to 500 people were killed in the city. >> it is just not the gang bangers. right now innocent kids